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and president obama has worked with president morsi ton. >> do we have less leverage, some people argue that one of the problems we face is we have less leverage with islamic governments. >> well, these governments it's more complex. the deal here of course iss that it's not about just having a relationship with the single person or a single group of people in a country within as we've had before with people who ruled by -- >> who ruled for decades and ruled in author tearian systems, that's changed. and so this is a new challenge, a first impression for the united states that the united states has to deal with islamic governments, right, who have been democratically elected and in countries where there are a multitude of stakeholders. and this is a new circumstances for the united statesment now the united states in north africa including in egypt but in north africa generally faces a security situation which is something, mike rogers, the chairman of the house intelligence community wrote a piece in plirtco today calling for a comprehensive strategy and he's right to deal with the cou
and president obama has worked with president morsi ton. >> do we have less leverage, some people argue that one of the problems we face is we have less leverage with islamic governments. >> well, these governments it's more complex. the deal here of course iss that it's not about just having a relationship with the single person or a single group of people in a country within as we've had before with people who ruled by -- >> who ruled for decades and ruled in author tearian...
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66,000 troops there, and we have been working osely withhe russians on this since the outset of the obama administration. it has been very, very important. iran, the russians have worked with us very closely with respect to continuing and increasing the pressure on iran with respect to their nuclear program. >> rose: but are they still providing things for the iranians to build their nuclear, what they consider peaceful facilities? facilities devoted to peaceful production. >> the russians. >> of uranium. >> well, not production of-- you mean in terms of the production of nuclear reactors. >> yeah, they have contracts with iran with respect to that. with respe to e nuclear program that we are most concerned about, the russians have been a very close partner in terms of pressuring the iranians on the economic sanctions piece. now going forward which i think is where you wanted to get, with respect to president putin there was a lot of anti-american rhetoric during the course of the campaign. and there have been some actions taken by the russian government with which we disagreed. >> includ
66,000 troops there, and we have been working osely withhe russians on this since the outset of the obama administration. it has been very, very important. iran, the russians have worked with us very closely with respect to continuing and increasing the pressure on iran with respect to their nuclear program. >> rose: but are they still providing things for the iranians to build their nuclear, what they consider peaceful facilities? facilities devoted to peaceful production. >> the...
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president obama unveiling the plan for automatic spending cuts known as sequestration scheduled to begin on march 1st. on c-span2 remarkings from eric cantor on immigration and education issues. c-span3 nancy pelosi marks the 20th anniversary of the family and medical leave act signed in to law in 1993 by president clinton. >> you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. on weeknights watch key public policy events and every weekend the non-fiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedule at our website. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. at the recent world economic forum in switzerland participates discuss china's economic future and the policy changes needed to move the country forward. ists including -- analysts included economic professors from china and the u.s. the role world economic forum is anen yule event this is about an hour. [inaudible conversations] welcome from inside economic forum. the party congress has said the very ambition goal for all -- [inaudible] and. we'll ask whether how it can be achieve
president obama unveiling the plan for automatic spending cuts known as sequestration scheduled to begin on march 1st. on c-span2 remarkings from eric cantor on immigration and education issues. c-span3 nancy pelosi marks the 20th anniversary of the family and medical leave act signed in to law in 1993 by president clinton. >> you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. on weeknights watch key public policy events and every weekend the non-fiction authors and books on...
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senators are demanding that president obama hand over classified papers dealing with drone strikes last night the obama administration legal justification for targeting american citizens abroad was leaked to the press the details ahead. plus it's clean abundant and also a little dangerous but the risks may not stop one nuclear plant from powering up i had a look at how a company is jumpstarting its nuclear program and the chain reaction it could cause . and pushed to the limit because the u.s. military lacked the resources it needs to fight al qaeda in africa it looks like it's becoming more dependent on local african forces to do with dirty work i'll tell you why. it's tuesday january fifth february fifth excuse me four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our t.v. we begin today taking a look at drone strikes targeting american citizens a confidential justice department memo just released reveals the legal justification for the government to conduct these strikes perhaps the most controversial part of the memo is that the government does not need evidence to jus
senators are demanding that president obama hand over classified papers dealing with drone strikes last night the obama administration legal justification for targeting american citizens abroad was leaked to the press the details ahead. plus it's clean abundant and also a little dangerous but the risks may not stop one nuclear plant from powering up i had a look at how a company is jumpstarting its nuclear program and the chain reaction it could cause . and pushed to the limit because the u.s....
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less costs or less care at a time when state budgets are shrinking every place -- >> came out when the obama administration proposed changes to the wage and hour and overtime regulation -- >> right. >> and so the community was very concerned. >> yes, absolutely. and it's played out in california in exactly the same way. >> with okay. um, ai-jen laid out a very ambitious plan for expanding the state organizing around this. barbara, you're involved in that. tell us what in your experience, what works, maybe what hasn't worked in trying to organize a grassroots movement in this area. >> i must say, first, the national domestic workers eye -- workers' alliance is growing. we started in 2007 with 11 organizations, and today we have 40 affiliate organizations in 23 cities and 14 states. and we're amplifying the efforts of domestic workers mostly, they're mostly women, mostly immigrant population that's doing this work now, and we're amplifying our efforts around the country and around these workers to improve the lives, their lives. and what we have is, um, building their confidence. we have a tra
less costs or less care at a time when state budgets are shrinking every place -- >> came out when the obama administration proposed changes to the wage and hour and overtime regulation -- >> right. >> and so the community was very concerned. >> yes, absolutely. and it's played out in california in exactly the same way. >> with okay. um, ai-jen laid out a very ambitious plan for expanding the state organizing around this. barbara, you're involved in that. tell us...
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triet president obama just a short time ago. live now to the congressional budget office remarks from douglas elmendorf talking about the release of the annual budget and economic outlook. >> i would like to tell you a little about it and then my colleagues would be happy to take your questions. our analysis shows the united states continues to face very large economic and budget challenges. under the current law, we expect the unemployment rate will remain above 7.5% through next year. that would make 2014 the sixth year in a row with unemployment so high. the longest such period in 70 years. also under the current law we expect the budget deficit over the next decade will total about $7 trillion. with a deficit so high, the federal debt held by the public would remain a larger percentage of gdp and in any year between 1951 to 2012. by the end of the decade, it would be 77% of gdp and on an upward path. but me elaborate on those beginning with a budget. the economy rather and then turning to the budget. we anticipate economic g
triet president obama just a short time ago. live now to the congressional budget office remarks from douglas elmendorf talking about the release of the annual budget and economic outlook. >> i would like to tell you a little about it and then my colleagues would be happy to take your questions. our analysis shows the united states continues to face very large economic and budget challenges. under the current law, we expect the unemployment rate will remain above 7.5% through next year....
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within the obama administration is according to a u.s. report examining the president. considers building a buffer zone stretching far in syrian territory but denies accusations that sending in troops constitutes an invasion. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here. with your news from around the world. french jets still pounding rebel bases in remote areas of northern mali trying to cut off supply routes for islamist militants algeria has also increased security along its border with mali to prevent insurgents from crossing it now some reports suggest the french led campaign has caused a number of civilian casualties he cannot bring you an account of a journalist who's seeing the realities of the war torn country. francoise hollande victorious trip to timbuktu marked a declaration that three major cities in northern mali have been declared liberated from rebels although the sharia law and islamic extremism the rebels enforced will not soon be forgotten nevertheless this victory is a partial one the militants have merely retreated and fled and the suffering in th
within the obama administration is according to a u.s. report examining the president. considers building a buffer zone stretching far in syrian territory but denies accusations that sending in troops constitutes an invasion. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here. with your news from around the world. french jets still pounding rebel bases in remote areas of northern mali trying to cut off supply routes for islamist militants algeria has also increased security along its border with...
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are a diplomat sub paying out for one postings within the obama administration according to u.s. support for examining the president's stop. russia and the around the world this is all see with me. thanks for joining us. french dresses still pounding rebel bases in remote areas of northern mali trying to cut off supply routes for is the most militants are jury has also increased security along its border with money to prevent insurgents from crossing it so reports such as the french led campaign has caused a number of civilian casualties. takes a closer look at the facts intervention is having on the people of mana in this exclusive report. francoise hollande victorious trip to timbuktu marked the declaration that three major cities in northern mali have been declared liberated from rebels although the sharia law and islamic extremism the rebels enforced will not soon be forgotten nevertheless this victory is a partial one the militants have merely retreated and fled and the suffering in this war has seemed disproportionate to the gains made we're learning what happened in battle
are a diplomat sub paying out for one postings within the obama administration according to u.s. support for examining the president's stop. russia and the around the world this is all see with me. thanks for joining us. french dresses still pounding rebel bases in remote areas of northern mali trying to cut off supply routes for is the most militants are jury has also increased security along its border with money to prevent insurgents from crossing it so reports such as the french led...
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state department were major donors to barack obama's presidential campaign and recently published report says competition among big money backers to land the top foreign service jobs was especially tight this year details not to marty's guy nature can. as you can imagine the competition for diplomatic post is tough especially in safe and wealthy countries somewhere in western europe and asia a recent study by two professors of international relations at pennsylvania state university looked at available information on president obama's donors direct political contributions and the positions that they received and they concluded that those whose political connections to president obama were measured in dollars rather than administrative service had an increased chance of representing the united states in western europe and a smaller chance of serving in say central asia or sub-saharan africa donors and advisers involved in the diplomatic selection process say the competition this year has been so tight that those who have raised less than a million dollars are for the most part unlikely to
state department were major donors to barack obama's presidential campaign and recently published report says competition among big money backers to land the top foreign service jobs was especially tight this year details not to marty's guy nature can. as you can imagine the competition for diplomatic post is tough especially in safe and wealthy countries somewhere in western europe and asia a recent study by two professors of international relations at pennsylvania state university looked at...
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as barack obama's diplomatic team gets ready to rock n roll in the world a new report suggests that many of america's foreign service workers are paying to get the best jobs. reaching far into syria but it claims that troops would only be stationed for security purposes. just after five pm moscow time this is r t live with me and welcome to the program french military forces have stepped up their offensive on rebel bases in northern mali with fighter jets now pounding militant hideouts near the border with algeria i mean while two senior islamic leaders have been captured fleeing the airstrikes. now reports from the frontline of the war hit country. euless knew that if their money because they know what i want to look at today in this town in mali everyone is celebrating the capture of two important islamist leaders one of them is mohammed the head of the demon a group which retired a contin book too for months particularly violating the rights of women he was captured along with bob leader of the movement for unity and jihad in west africa toerag say he was taken north of keep close to
as barack obama's diplomatic team gets ready to rock n roll in the world a new report suggests that many of america's foreign service workers are paying to get the best jobs. reaching far into syria but it claims that troops would only be stationed for security purposes. just after five pm moscow time this is r t live with me and welcome to the program french military forces have stepped up their offensive on rebel bases in northern mali with fighter jets now pounding militant hideouts near the...
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under sparring diplomats sepang out the plum postings within the obama administration according to u.s. reports examining the president stop. international news live from moscow this is all see with me. thanks for joining it's. french jets are still pounding rebel bases in remote areas of northern mali trying to cut off supply worries for isn't this militants algeria has also increased security along its border with mali to prevent insurgents from crossing it some reports suggest the french led campaign has cost an ember of civilian casualties as he takes a look at the facts the intervention is having on the people of florida and this exclusive report. francoise hollande victorious trip to timbuktu marked the declaration that three major cities in northern mali have been declared liberated from rebels although the sharia law and islamic extremism the rebels enforced will not soon be forgotten nevertheless this victory is a partial one the militants have merely retreated and fled and the suffering in this war has seems disproportionate to the gains made we're learning what happened in b
under sparring diplomats sepang out the plum postings within the obama administration according to u.s. reports examining the president stop. international news live from moscow this is all see with me. thanks for joining it's. french jets are still pounding rebel bases in remote areas of northern mali trying to cut off supply worries for isn't this militants algeria has also increased security along its border with mali to prevent insurgents from crossing it some reports suggest the french led...
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paying up postings within the obama administration is according to a us reporting examining the president's. israel considers building a buffer zone stretching far in syrian territory that denies accusations that sending in troops constitutes an invasion. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at moscow. with your news from around the world. french jets still pounding rebel bases in remote areas of northern mali trying to cut off supply routes for islamist militants algeria has also increased security along its border with mali to prevent insurgents from crossing it now some reports suggest the french led campaign has caused a number of civilian casualties he cannot bring you an account of a journalist who's seeing the realities of the war torn country. francoise hollande victorious trip to timbuktu marked a declaration that three major cities in northern mali have been declared liberated from rebels although the sharia law and islamic extremism the rebels enforced will not soon be forgotten nevertheless this victory is a partial one the militants have merely retreated and fled and
paying up postings within the obama administration is according to a us reporting examining the president's. israel considers building a buffer zone stretching far in syrian territory that denies accusations that sending in troops constitutes an invasion. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at moscow. with your news from around the world. french jets still pounding rebel bases in remote areas of northern mali trying to cut off supply routes for islamist militants algeria has also...
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as barack obama's diplomatic team gets ready to rock n roll on the world arena a new report suggests many of the u.s. foreign service workers are paying to get the jobs. that israel considers building a buffer zone reaching far inside syria but it claims that troops would only be stationed there for security purposes though those claims have. it is a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today i'm live in moscow with your world wide news well the french military forces have now stepped up their offensive on a rebel bases in northern mali with fighter jets pounding militant hideouts are right near the border with algeria meanwhile two senior islamic leaders have been captured fleeing the strikes we now report from the frontline of the war hit country. wirelessly that is their money because they know what i'm going to look at today in this town and everyone is celebrating the capture of two important islamist leaders one of them is mohammed the head of the demon a group which retired contin book two for months particularly violating the rights of women he was captured along with ba
as barack obama's diplomatic team gets ready to rock n roll on the world arena a new report suggests many of the u.s. foreign service workers are paying to get the jobs. that israel considers building a buffer zone reaching far inside syria but it claims that troops would only be stationed there for security purposes though those claims have. it is a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today i'm live in moscow with your world wide news well the french military forces have now stepped up...
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as barack obama's diplomatic team gets ready to rock n roll in the world arena a new report suggests many of the u.s. is foreign service workers are paying to get the best jobs. israel considers building a buffer zone reaching far inside syria but its claim that troops and tanks would only be stationed there for security purposes has its down to its. life or more new center here in moscow this is r t with you twenty four hours a day french military forces have stepped up their offensive on rebel bases and all the money with troops moving into the city of kiddo the last bastion of islamist insurgents around eighteen hundred soldiers from chad have also joined the operation meanwhile two senior islamic leaders have been captured fleeing airstrikes on the border with algeria reports now from the war that country. euless to that is that my people as they know what i'm going to look at today in this town in mali everyone is celebrating the capture of two important islamist leaders one of them is mohammed the head of the demon a group which retired a contin book too for months particularly
as barack obama's diplomatic team gets ready to rock n roll in the world arena a new report suggests many of the u.s. is foreign service workers are paying to get the best jobs. israel considers building a buffer zone reaching far inside syria but its claim that troops and tanks would only be stationed there for security purposes has its down to its. life or more new center here in moscow this is r t with you twenty four hours a day french military forces have stepped up their offensive on...
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barack obama's diplomatic team gets ready to run. a new report suggests that many of america's foreign service workers are paying to get the best jobs. israel considers building a buffer zone reaching far inside syria but it claims that the troops will only be there for security purposes. it's a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today i'm. with your news from around the world now french military forces have stepped up their offensive on rebel bases in northern mali with troops moving in now to the city of could dow the last bastion of islamist insurgents now around eighteen hundred soldiers from chad have also joined the operation meanwhile to senior islamic leaders have been captured fleeing airstrikes on the border with algeria we now have an exclusive report right from the frontline of the embattled country. euler see that is the money because they know what i'm going to look at today in this town in mali everyone is celebrating the capture of two important islamist leaders one of them is mohammed the head of the demon a g
barack obama's diplomatic team gets ready to run. a new report suggests that many of america's foreign service workers are paying to get the best jobs. israel considers building a buffer zone reaching far inside syria but it claims that the troops will only be there for security purposes. it's a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today i'm. with your news from around the world now french military forces have stepped up their offensive on rebel bases in northern mali with troops moving in...
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positions that they received and they concluded that those whose political connections to president obama were measured in dollars for the administration service had an increased chance of representing the united states and western europe and a smaller chance of serving in say central asia or sub-saharan africa donors and advisers involved in the diplomatic selection process say the competition this year has been so tight that those who have raised less than a million dollars are for the most part unlikely to be considered so what is the quote unquote price tag for the highly sought diplomatic posts according to this study friends and monaco topped the list with a level of personal contributions at six point two million dollars quote unquote the price for a position in the u.k. the authors find appears to live between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars a posting in luxembourg is valued as three point one million dollars and appointment to portugal was predicted to have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him
positions that they received and they concluded that those whose political connections to president obama were measured in dollars for the administration service had an increased chance of representing the united states and western europe and a smaller chance of serving in say central asia or sub-saharan africa donors and advisers involved in the diplomatic selection process say the competition this year has been so tight that those who have raised less than a million dollars are for the most...
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dot com that barack obama. in chief american president cannot launch cyber war in whichever country he wants with just the push of a button even if there's no concrete evidence of a threat a lot of details on that on our website. also there for you right now the city in pakistan where osama bin laden was killed is to get a far make over to try and improve its image if you go online to our website you can find out what the former home of the world's most wanted terrorist has in mind . for other people in oil rich gulf states enjoyed. high standards of living because they're sitting on a treasure chest of natural resources but countries such as britain and kuwait haven't been immune to popular unrest resorting to harsh crackdowns against protesters and one man in kuwait who received a ten year jail term for criticizing the amir on twitter that's following a five year sentence for another man on similar charges. examines the struggles plaguing the people of prosperous kingdoms. soon. finds life in the gulf used to
dot com that barack obama. in chief american president cannot launch cyber war in whichever country he wants with just the push of a button even if there's no concrete evidence of a threat a lot of details on that on our website. also there for you right now the city in pakistan where osama bin laden was killed is to get a far make over to try and improve its image if you go online to our website you can find out what the former home of the world's most wanted terrorist has in mind . for other...
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have out there and i think it's something that needs to be confronted i think that you know president obama made a determination early on in the campaign that he wasn't going to look back he was only going to look forward and i think that that has adversely affected people's ability to really drill down into these issues and resolve them in a way that makes sure that it will happen again. in the tourney you're a lawyer is it illegal what's been going on. well i mean it's there are two layers of law right there's the thing that you know we all know is bad and that's killing people you know that you don't have to have a lot and know that that's bad and then you have the laws that we be put on the books you know like speeding this is the type of law that everyone knows is wrong right i mean everyone knows that torturing another human being is not the right thing to do ok i under any circumstances so you know i know that there have been assertions that you know there's a ticking time bomb scenario and that under you know those extreme circumstances there may be something warranted but what we s
have out there and i think it's something that needs to be confronted i think that you know president obama made a determination early on in the campaign that he wasn't going to look back he was only going to look forward and i think that that has adversely affected people's ability to really drill down into these issues and resolve them in a way that makes sure that it will happen again. in the tourney you're a lawyer is it illegal what's been going on. well i mean it's there are two layers of...
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as barack obama's diplomatic team gets ready to rock n roll on the world arena a new report suggests many of the u.s. foreign service workers are paying to get the jobs. that israel considers building a buffer zone reaching far inside syria but it claims that troops would only be stationed there for security purposes though those claims have that. it is a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today i'm a live in moscow with your world wide news well the french military forces have now stepped up their offensive on a rebel bases in northern mali with fighter jets pounding militant hideouts are right near the border with algeria meanwhile two senior islamic leaders have been captured fleeing the airstrikes we now report from the frontline of the war hit country. euler see that is their money because they know what i'm going to look at today in this town in mali everyone is celebrating the capture of two important islamist leaders one of them is mohammed the head of the demon a group which retired a contin book too for months particularly violating the rights of women he was capture
as barack obama's diplomatic team gets ready to rock n roll on the world arena a new report suggests many of the u.s. foreign service workers are paying to get the jobs. that israel considers building a buffer zone reaching far inside syria but it claims that troops would only be stationed there for security purposes though those claims have that. it is a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today i'm a live in moscow with your world wide news well the french military forces have now...
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barack obama's diplomatic team gets ready to run. a new report suggests that many of america's foreign service workers are paying to get the best jobs. israel considers building a buffer zone reaching far inside syria but it claims that the troops will only be there for security purposes. it's a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today i'm. with your news from around the world now french military forces have stepped up their offensive on rebel bases in northern mali with troops moving in now to the city of could dow the last bastion of islamist insurgents now around eighteen hundred soldiers from chad have also joined the operation meanwhile to senior islamic leaders have been captured fleeing airstrikes on the border with algeria we now have an exclusive report right from the front line the embattled country. euless knew that if their money dollars they know what i wanted i got today in this town in mali everyone is celebrating the capture of two important islamist leaders one of them is mohammed the head of the demon a group
barack obama's diplomatic team gets ready to run. a new report suggests that many of america's foreign service workers are paying to get the best jobs. israel considers building a buffer zone reaching far inside syria but it claims that the troops will only be there for security purposes. it's a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today i'm. with your news from around the world now french military forces have stepped up their offensive on rebel bases in northern mali with troops moving in...
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which has been put in place in two thousand and seven under bush and has really caught pace under the obama administration so it could be a case of this is just an entree for a bigger escalation on the western powers in the future what we're seeing china exacting its influence and of course in investing huge amounts in africa the two are going to clash aren't they with the u.s. now accepting its influence. it's funny because if you read the african documents and they are available online still you'll see that the main one of the main thesis is of the creation of africa has to have been the chinese from africa phase one was libya that clearly was phase one and as we can see quite clearly you know the refugee problem created by the nato's attack and regime change war in libya has created a refugee problem in northern mali and also some of the same al qaeda forces the west nato was coordinating with in libya there are now bits and pieces of them are on marauding through northern mali so you can't divorce what happened last year or two years ago libya from what's happening now well french speci
which has been put in place in two thousand and seven under bush and has really caught pace under the obama administration so it could be a case of this is just an entree for a bigger escalation on the western powers in the future what we're seeing china exacting its influence and of course in investing huge amounts in africa the two are going to clash aren't they with the u.s. now accepting its influence. it's funny because if you read the african documents and they are available online still...
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dot com that barack obama. in chief american president cannot launch cyber war in whichever country he wants with just the push of a button even if there's no concrete evidence of a threat a lot of details on that on our website. also there for you right now the city in pakistan where osama bin laden was killed is to get a far make over to try and improve its image if you go online to our website you can find out what the former home of the world's most wanted terrorist has in mind . for other people in oil rich gulf states enjoyed. high standards of living because they're sitting on a treasure chest of natural resources but countries such as britain and kuwait haven't been immune to popular unrest resorting to a harsh crackdown against protesters and one man in kuwait who received a ten year jail term for criticizing the amir on twitter that's following a five year sentence for another man on similar charges. examines the struggles plaguing the people of prosperous kingdoms. you. see. my life in the gulf used
dot com that barack obama. in chief american president cannot launch cyber war in whichever country he wants with just the push of a button even if there's no concrete evidence of a threat a lot of details on that on our website. also there for you right now the city in pakistan where osama bin laden was killed is to get a far make over to try and improve its image if you go online to our website you can find out what the former home of the world's most wanted terrorist has in mind . for other...
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well although president obama at the very beginning of his first term signed an executive order to stop torture but the executive order did not repudiate extraordinary rendition because the government keeps everything secret there is a lot of confusion here as to whether torture helped in the capture of al qaeda leaders a slew of washington insiders including the senate intelligence committee came out came out and said no torture did not help but regardless of how unlawful or inefficient the practice is different politicians pundits filmmakers here allow themselves to perpetuate all kinds of myths related to torture to an extent. in the u.s. now find torture acceptable that is according to a poll by the american red cross but it seems for president obama and his administration torture capture. renditions is passe and now they have now they have drones and they just kill the suspects despite numerous reports of civilians dying in those strikes the administration yet again cites national security and refuses to reveal any details but a major development here a sixteen page memo on targete
well although president obama at the very beginning of his first term signed an executive order to stop torture but the executive order did not repudiate extraordinary rendition because the government keeps everything secret there is a lot of confusion here as to whether torture helped in the capture of al qaeda leaders a slew of washington insiders including the senate intelligence committee came out came out and said no torture did not help but regardless of how unlawful or inefficient the...
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disagreement in the way that we did not want to get in vietnam and only recently we've had president obama suggesting that the british people should know exercise their democratic rights and have a referendum of whether they should be in or outside of the european union so clearly the special relationship is often tested but this was the people here don't even believe that relationship is special. and that's it for me and the news team for the moment we'll be back with more for you at about thirty five minutes from now in the meantime with the latest from the front lines of what he calls a financial war it's max keiser and the cause report after the break. wealthy british style it's time to. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons are there are no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report on our. welcome to the kaiser report i'm max keiser tucker frog called the horror frog will break its bones to make laws out of them and use them as defensive weapons a type of banker called the horror banker similarly
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which has been put in place in two thousand and seven under bush and has really caught pace under the obama administration so it could be a case of this is just an entree for bigger escalation on the western powers in the future look at the government in mali is a junior military coup that took over a democratically elected president who fell out of favor with the u.s. so again it's the king making nation building and we're going to see more and more of this enough for africa's untapped economically in the west is really racing with china to gain sort of dominance on this continent because of all the the radio and the cobalt. you know tanian the lithium all the rear earth minerals the gas the oil africa is absolutely bountiful and this is going to be a battleground in the resource wars of the twenty first century. and coming up later in the program oil money can't buy you love rich in a black hole the wealthy gulf monarchies that once took pride in being some of the most stable countries in the region are now shaking under a storm of popular uprisings. a new york based ngo group has release
which has been put in place in two thousand and seven under bush and has really caught pace under the obama administration so it could be a case of this is just an entree for bigger escalation on the western powers in the future look at the government in mali is a junior military coup that took over a democratically elected president who fell out of favor with the u.s. so again it's the king making nation building and we're going to see more and more of this enough for africa's untapped...
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well although president obama at the very beginning of his first term signed an executive order to stop torture but the executive order did not repudiate extraordinary rendition because the government keeps everything secret there is a lot of confusion here as to whether torture healthy in the capture of al qaeda leaders a slew of washington insiders including the senate intelligence committee came out came out and said no torture did not help but regardless of how unlawful or inefficient the practice is different politicians pundits filmmakers here allow themselves to perpetuate all kinds of myths related to torture to an extent when sixty percent of young people in the u.s. now find torture acceptable that is according to a poll by the american red cross but it seems for president obama and his administration torture capture rendition is passe and now they have now they have drones and they just kill the suspects despite numerous reports of civilians dying in those strikes the administration yet again cites national security and refuses to reveal any details but a major development he
well although president obama at the very beginning of his first term signed an executive order to stop torture but the executive order did not repudiate extraordinary rendition because the government keeps everything secret there is a lot of confusion here as to whether torture healthy in the capture of al qaeda leaders a slew of washington insiders including the senate intelligence committee came out came out and said no torture did not help but regardless of how unlawful or inefficient the...
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had a disagreement in the way that we did not want to get in vietnam and recently we've had president obama suggesting that the british people should know. that democrats . have a referendum of whether they should be. of the european union so clearly the special relationship is often tested but there's lots of people here don't even believe that relationship is special. coming up later in the program this hour the battle of negative press the u.k. deflecting a wave of eastern european immigrants with. just why they'd be better off staying at home that's. the way the system. thanks. continues here in our to the gulf kingdoms of bahrain in kuwait has seen fresh public cries against the country's unelected roots who have been stepping up their crackdown on dissent for the last two years calls for more rights and democracy are increasingly met with the rests and brutal force as the conservatives refused to concede while the west is accused of turning a blind by its key arab allies is reports. life in the gulf used to look like this. but the black gold hidden beneath the sands transforms the ara
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a controversial issue, under president bush, now president obama. the fact that the government does have the power, and the authority, to kill an american overseas that's considered a threat. and how do they define that? >> that's the question because when you say imminent, it could be imminent in a few hours, in a few weeks, saying you can target a member of al qaeda, senior operational al qaeda leader, or associated forces. how are you defining associated forces? how are you defining the word imminent? how are you defining the word threat? all of these things are things that are open to interpretation and has civil liberties groups, as well, worried about what this means as far as the u.s., executive powers authority to decide, based on kind of unclear, sometimes, terms in terms how they're defined to go ahead and assassinate a u.s. citizen abroad. when you look at the justice department memo, as you said, leaked and made public by nbc, 16 pages. details the case for the use of those armed drones, which are terribly unpopular outside of the united
a controversial issue, under president bush, now president obama. the fact that the government does have the power, and the authority, to kill an american overseas that's considered a threat. and how do they define that? >> that's the question because when you say imminent, it could be imminent in a few hours, in a few weeks, saying you can target a member of al qaeda, senior operational al qaeda leader, or associated forces. how are you defining associated forces? how are you defining...
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take the interest it's very nice to have mr biden over here by all means let him visit the queen like obama did by all means let's have some nice dinners with him but actually sharing our special interests and our special security i don't think that's always in our interest and it doesn't play well to the public in great britain are thinking through the senate the white house needs on a conference call ahead of his visit and you know they're talking about. that very close trade relationship that the u.s. has with the referendum wasn't mentioned by either side during his visit big they did have legitimate interests in the case well in what the does with its foreign policy think there isn't this legitimate thing to comment oh absolutely you know let's not go any differences in terms of investment in the united kingdom sixty percent of all the financial services businesses here in the city or london are actually american and we also have lots of interest in terms of google. over businesses that have placed themselves you know although quite firmly they're being attacked for not paying their ta
take the interest it's very nice to have mr biden over here by all means let him visit the queen like obama did by all means let's have some nice dinners with him but actually sharing our special interests and our special security i don't think that's always in our interest and it doesn't play well to the public in great britain are thinking through the senate the white house needs on a conference call ahead of his visit and you know they're talking about. that very close trade relationship...
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disagreement in the way that we did not want to get in vietnam and only recently we've had president obama suggesting that the british people should know that societies that democrats don't have a referendum of whether they should be in or outside of the european union so clearly the special relationship is often tested but that's what's so people here don't even believe that relationship is special. and that's it for me and the news team for the moment we'll be back with more for you at about thirty five minutes from now in the meantime with the latest from the front line of what he calls a financial wall it's max keiser and the cause report after the break. wealthy british style. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mikes cars or no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our. welcome to the kaiser report i'm max keiser tucker frog called the horror frog will break its bones to make claws out of them and use them as defensive weapons a type of banker called the horror banker similarly breaks the marke
disagreement in the way that we did not want to get in vietnam and only recently we've had president obama suggesting that the british people should know that societies that democrats don't have a referendum of whether they should be in or outside of the european union so clearly the special relationship is often tested but that's what's so people here don't even believe that relationship is special. and that's it for me and the news team for the moment we'll be back with more for you at about...